CYO provides enthusiastic young musicians to the challenges of performing and appreciating new music. An educational process evolving from weekly rehearsals during the school year to three fully realized performances each season achieves this goal.

CYO works with and performs the music of Pulitzer Prize winning composers, College Professors and Young and Emerging composers.

CYO hopes to develop in the professional musicians of tomorrow a sense of celebration of this music and the skills they will need to access the ever-evolving music of our present and future.

By exposing young musicians to the infinite possibilities of contemporary orchestral music, we reaffirm its place in our music literature and offer an environment to encourage, explore, and expand the music of our future.